An Observational Perspective On Some Aspects Of Early Stellar Nucleosynthesis
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2008-03
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Sneden, C.
Lawler, J. E.
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Some basic abundance results for low metallicity stars that were formed in the early days of the Milky Way Galaxy are summarized. Discussion is centered on two nucleosynthetic groups: the light a elements (Mg, Si, and Ca), and the neutron-capture elements (those heavier than the Fe group, atomic numbers greater than 30). Emphasis is placed on the present state of stellar spectroscopic and atomic transition data.
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stellar abundances , low metallicity stars , nucleosynthesis , metal-poor stars , laboratory transition-probabilities , neutron-capture , elements , high-dispersion-spectrograph , r-process-rich , comprehensive , abundance analysis , improved oscillator-strengths , s-process , nucleosynthesis , horizontal-branch stars , na-o anticorrelation , astronomy & astrophysics
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Christopher Sneden and James E. Lawler. AIP Conference Proceedings 990, 90 (Mar., 2008); doi: 10.1063/1.2905680